Jamelle Shannon — a senior crime scene analyst from Las Vegas, Nevada
Brian Adams — an educator from Big Bear Lake, California
Colin Davy — a data scientist originally from Chicago, Illinois (whose 1-day cash winnings total $26,100)
| Player | First Commercial | End of Jeopardy! | End of Double Jeopardy! | Final | Coryat |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin | $1,600 | $4,600 | $8,200 |
$8,200
2nd place: $2,000 |
$9,200
19 R, 4 W (including 1 DD) |
| Brian | $-400 | $2,400 | $9,200 |
$17,201
New champion: $17,201 |
$8,000
15 R (including 1 DD), 5 W |
| Jamelle | $1,600 | $3,000 | $8,600 |
$4,600
3rd place: $1,000 |
$10,600
14 R, 2 W (including 1 DD) |
| A CATHOLIC EDUCATION | ANAGRAMS, HOW NOVEL! | A NUMBER BETWEEN 3 & 5 | HISTORIC OBJECTS | DAME YANKEES | IDIOMS |
|
$200
[19]
(Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents by a display monitor.) The Catholic church's Latin cross has variations; two of them are the patriarchal cross for archbishops and cardinals and thethree-part crossthat symbolizes the man with this title
the pope
Colin
|
$200
[12]
Four legs good & bad:"FAR MAILMAN"
Animal Farm
Colin
|
$200
[1]
4 kids born at once; it's a cooler way of saying you had twin twins
quadruplets
Colin
|
$200
[30]
Therocking chairhe was sitting in, the night he was assassinated in 1865, somehow ended up at the Henry Ford Museum in Michigan
Lincoln
Colin
|
$200
[5]
In 2014 this actress who used a British accent in "Tomb Raider" was made an honorary dame for her humanitarian work
Angelina Jolie
Colin
|
$200
[3]
A part of a garment is mentioned in this phrase that means "I accidentally called you from my cell phone"
pocket dial
Brian
Jamelle
|
|
$400
[20]
If sincere, this formal admission of sins to a priest is followed by absolution, aka reconciliation
confession
Jamelle
|
$400
[13]
Hard-boiled favorite about a pilfered avian:"HEELS OF CATTLEMAN"
The Maltese Falcon
Jamelle
|
$400
[18]
Totally irrational in 1706, mathematician William Jones came up with this symbol
pi
Jamelle
|
$400
[17]
President Reagan urged, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down" this, & you can see part of it at the Reagan Library
the (Berlin) Wall
Colin
|
$400
[29]
Husband Bill was knighted in 2005; 9 years later, she was recognized for her work running their foundation
Melinda Gates
Colin
Brian
|
$400
[4]
An aircraft's limit, not a stationery item, is in this phrase for going beyond the usual range
push the envelope
|
|
$600
[21]
From the Latin for "new", it's a person who has joined a Catholic religious order but who hasn't yet taken vows
a novice
Brian
|
$600
[14]
The future after Ford: "WARNED VERB OWL"
Brave New World
Colin
|
$600
[11]
Without wild cards, 4 of a kind in poker is tough to beat--only these 2 hands can do it
a straight flush & a royal flush
Colin
|
$600
[16]
At his namesake museum in Florence, you can see his telescopes & the lens with which he discovered 4 large moons of Jupiter
Galileo
Colin
|
$600
[25]
Angela Ahrendts was honored as a dame for her work running this British fashion brand known for its plaid
Burberry
Jamelle
|
$600
[27]
A part of the lawn is mentioned in this phrase that refers to the rank & file
grass roots
|
|
$800
[22]
"For the greater glory of god" is the motto of this Catholic order focused on education
the Jesuits
|
$800
[15]
About young German soldiers:"NO FRET STREWN QUAIL TELETHON"
All Quiet on the Western Front
Brian
|
$800
[10]
This alphanumeric designation is the Army saying we don't want you
4-F
Brian
|
$800
[9]
At Arlington National Cemetery, amast from this battleship overlooks the graves of those killed when it exploded in 1898
the Maine
Colin
|
$800
[7]
Honored for her AIDS charity work, this Oscar-winning actress: "I've always been a broad...it's (great) to be a dame"
Elizabeth Taylor
Brian
|
$800
[26]
In the theater, it threw a powerful beam on one actor, so "to be in" it is to bask in the full glare of the public's attention
the spotlight
Brian
|
|
$1,000
[23]
The 3 formal vows taken by men & women of the church are chastity, obedience & this
poverty
Brian
|
$1,000
[24]
By Toni Morrison:"SONS OF MONOLOG"
Song of Solomon
Colin
|
$1,000
[2]
Pestilence, War, Famine & Death make up this biblical quartet
the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Jamelle
|
DD
$1,000
[8]
For more than a century, Greece has asked Britain for the return of the Elgin Marbles, mostly taken from this ancient temple
the Parthenon
Colin
|
$1,000
[6]
She moved to the U.S. as a child, but this late actress was made a dame in 2017 at age 100; she passed away in 2020
Olivia de Havilland
Brian
|
$1,000
[28]
Overly flamboyant writing is known by this colorful phrase
purple prose
Colin
|
| THAT IS SO SOCAL | OPERA | HYBRIDS | MOVIE SUM-UP | HELPFUL HINTS | IT STARTS WITH "U" |
|
$400
[17]
Many Southern California kids got turned on to Renaissance art by Mona Lisa in bricks at this theme park
Legoland
Jamelle
|
$400
[15]
Fans of a previous Figaro adaptation booed & hissed at the premiere of this Rossini opera--later performances went better
The Barber of Seville
Colin
|
$400
[27]
This hybrid monster is a riddle itself: a human head on a lion's body
the Sphinx
Jamelle
|
$400
[7]
A cop saves his troubled marriage by visiting his wife in L.A. & killing a bunch of people in her office building
Die Hard
Colin
|
$400
[29]
This traditional 4-word phrase tells you which way to set your clocks at the start & end of daylight saving time
fall behind, spring forward
Brian
|
$400
[30]
This technology uses sound waves to take images inside the body
ultrasound
Colin
|
|
$800
[26]
Erected in 1923, the Hollywood sign was originally an advertisement for a real estate development with this 13-letter name
Hollywoodland
Brian
|
$800
[16]
A ship's captain is cursed to sail the seas forever unless he can find a faithful wife in this Wagner opera
The Flying Dutchman
Jamelle
|
$800
[14]
Like Chiron, Pholos was one of these man/horse creatures
a centaur
Colin
|
$800
[28]
Ben Affleck takes an international business trip & pretends to be Canadian to avoid getting hassled by locals
Argo
Colin
|
$800
[3]
Math students may know that in the operations order mnemonic "Please Excuse My Dear aunt Sally", "Dear" represents this
divide (division)
Brian
|
$800
[1]
This diacritical mark gets its name from German for "about" & "sound"
umlaut
Brian
|
|
$1,200
[25]
The first of these large birds hatched in captivity was born at the San Diego Zoo in 1983
a California condor
Brian
|
$1,200
[20]
The Grisettes performing this high-kicking dance in act III is a highlight of "The Merry Widow"
the can-can
Jamelle
|
$1,600
[12]
This goaty creature appears in titles by Hawthorne & Debussy
the faun
Brian
|
$1,200
[10]
Messrs. Gregory & Shawn talk... & talk some more... & some more... & more... & that's it
My Dinner with Andre
Colin
|
$1,200
[4]
"Double O, double K, double E" helps you to spell this job correctly
bookkeeper
Brian
|
$1,200
[2]
A street kid, or oddly, a hedgehog
an urchin
Jamelle
|
|
$1,600
[19]
These mountains of Southern California share their name with strong, hot, dust-bearing winds of the region
the Santa Anas
Colin
|
$1,600
[22]
The title character of "Norma" is a high priestess of this Celtic class
the Druids
Jamelle
|
$2,000
[11]
This mythic creature is a serpent with a bird's body; the real lizard of the same name can walk on water
a basilisk
Colin
Brian
|
$1,600
[9]
Peckin-pow! Holden & Oates are part of a bloody, bloody good supergroup to avenge Angel
The Wild Bunch
|
$1,600
[5]
When playing bridge "Sally Has Dirty Children" helps you remember this order of suits from highest to lowest
spades, hearts, diamonds & clubs
Brian
|
$1,600
[18]
Jeremy Bentham & John Stuart Mill were proponents of this philosophy that answers the question "what ought a person to do?"
utilitarianism
Colin
|
|
$2,000
[24]
This California farm city associated with country music was originally the home of the Yokuts people
Bakersfield
Jamelle
|
DD
$2,000
[23]
Henry Kissinger & Mao Tse-tung are characters in this 20th century opera
Nixon in China
Jamelle
|
DD
$2,400
[13]
A favorite decorative motif of the Middle East, this mythical creature is also an in-house favorite at "Jeopardy!"
a griffin
Brian
|
$2,000
[8]
Death takes a chess holiday; your move, Max von Sydow
The Seventh Seal
Brian
Jamelle
|
$2,000
[6]
In the mnemonic "God's Excellent Love Never Dies", the first 2 words stand for these 2 Bible books
Genesis & Exodus
Jamelle
|
$2,000
[21]
There are 3 "U"s in this term for "omnipresent"
ubiquitous
|
Part of the dissent in this 1896 landmark case read, "In respect of civil rights, all citizens are equal before the law"
Plessy v. Ferguson